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Forterra and Mediawan have closed and completed their IPO bookbuilds this afternoon, though Forterra’s will be priced at the bottom end of the range.

Heineken launched a 10 year bond today, almost immediately after publishing its first quarter results, and ended up increasing the deal to €800m on strong demand.

The Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) attracted high quality non-Chinese bidders for its dual currency, triple tranche offering this week. The response shows that demand remains high for mainland credits despite concerns about the country’s growth.

Five lenders have opened into syndication a $1.5bn loan for Tencent Asset Management, the investment arm of Chinese technology firm Tencent Holdings.

Bond investors woke up to a pair of investment grade Asian issuers on Wednesday with the government of Malaysia seeking bids for a dual-tranche wakala sukuk and BoC Aviation looking to close a conventional 10 year.

Angus Richardson has been named head of cash equity sales for Asia Pacific at Citi, in a move that will see him relocating to Hong Kong in the coming months, according to a memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

Bond investors had little concern on buying Yunnan Provincial Energy Investment Group’s tightly priced debut bond this week, despite the structure of the notes being weaker than the one sold by parent Yunnan Provincial Investment Holdings Group (YIG) last month.

Italy enticed investors out the curve on Tuesday with its first ever 20 year euro benchmark, offering a pick-up of around 40bp over where its 15 year benchmark — a more traditional pricing point for the sovereign — was trading in secondaries.

Preem, Sweden’s largest oil refiner, is marketing $700m of senior secured five year non-call three PIK toggle notes at numerous investor meetings throughout this week.

Alliander, the Dutch energy network group, issued its first green bond on Monday, a €300m 10 year note that enjoyed "a little help" from environmentally minded investors.

Yunnan Provincial Energy Investment Group is on track for its first dollar bond while the Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) has opted for a dual-currency, triple-tranche offering for its return.

Bertelsmann, the German broadcaster and publisher, issued a €500m bond on Monday that attracted a book of nearly €2bn, but kept the initial size as pricing inside guidance stirred investor sensitivity.